Twins players, Joe Mauer and Lew Ford, recognize Action Team Captains from Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School and St. Paul Academy for their contributions to the Action Team.

Action Team Captains were invited onto the field and presented with certificates of appreciation at the Metrodome before the Twins vs. Tigers game on June 15, 2007.

The Action Team is a volunteer initiative which engages area high school students to take part in a variety of volunteer projects in the community to help those in need.  Action Team Captains are responsible for spreading the word, as well as for recruiting other teens at their high schools to become involved.  As an operative training ground for the next generation of volunteers, experience on the Action Team helps members discover that volunteering is cool, fun and personally rewarding.

The Action Team was created in 2002 and is administered by Volunteers of America and the Major League Baseball Players Trust in collaborative partnership.  Nationally, the Action Team operates in eleven major cities, engages more than 5,000 teen volunteers, and to date, has assisted more than 31,000 people in need.

For more information, contact Vicki Testerman, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Volunteers of America of Minnesota at 763-225-4063 or vtesterman@voamn.org

Major League Baseball Players Trust Action Team web page: http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/trust/action.jsp